Wednesday, October 3, 2007

A mode is just a certain way of expressing a scale. In this case, the G Mixolydian mode expresses the scale in the same way as the C major diatonic scale. The G Mixolydian mode contains the following notes: G, A, B, C, D, E, and F.

I personally like the spacey quality of this mode, and it works quite well in many chord progressions that involve the G major chord and the F major chord.

Also note that the major pentatonic scale is encoded within the Mixolydian mode (the same simple orange-circle pattern from a few days ago).

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